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Goof: When Teyla and Sheppard leave the infirmary the glow of the lights in Teyla's hood can be seen on her chest, so there isn't a seal between the suit and hood. This means that even though she's wearing the hazmat suit she isn't protected from airborne contagions, which was the whole point of wearing it.

In the Stargate SG-1 episode "Redemption", McKay set off an EMP in the gate room in an attempt to knock out the weapon Anubis was using to overload the Earth Stargate and cause it to explode. All he accomplished was to wreck some equipment and injure Samantha Carter.

Goof: When Dr.Weir is telling the city that they are going under quarantine she says that it is under Dr. Beckett suggestion but it wasn't Dr.Beckett who suggested it, it was Dr. Zelenka and Dr. McKay.

The origins of the nanites are finally explained in the Season 3 episode "Progeny", when Rodney McKay speculates that they were the precursors to the Asurans. The Asurans hate the Ancients and humanity but, through a block in their programming placed there by their creators, they could not harm the Ancients; explaining why it did not harm those with the ATA gene.

Both Brigadier General Jack O'Neill and Colonel Marshall Sumner's names are mentioned in this episode when Weir tells Sheppard that both had warned her that he (Sheppard) didn't respect the proper chain of command. They were both referring to his black mark in Afghanistan which is detailed in the season 3 episode "Phantoms."

Goof: When Dr. McKay is explaining to Dr. Weir what a nano-virus is, he says they are the size of a billionth of a millimeter. If by a billion he means ten to the power of nine (one followed by nine zeroes), that would make a nano-virus about one hundred times smaller than an atom. Something in the nano-scale would be around a few millionths of a millimeter in size.

Quotes

Sheppard: (When first try to kill nanovirus did not worked) I've already tried that - it's blown.McKay: That is before we re-set the sub-switch.Sheppard: Well, maybe we shouldn't have overloaded it so much.McKay: Look, it's fixable, it's fixable -- we just need to use a little trial and error.

Ford: If I was given the gene shot right now, how long would it take to kick in?Beckett: A minimum of four hours.Ford: I don't have four hours! I met up with McKay and Hays ninety minutes after they met up with Dumais. I have a little under an hour before my brain explodes.

McKay: (When they start thinking Wraith did it) I'll give you that they're equally terrifying, but why would the Wraith even create the equivalent of a WMD? They're killing us, not because they sadistically want us dead, but because they need to consume us for food. Look - it would be like the equivalent of cattle farmers creating mad cow disease. I don't buy it.

McKay: (When he is interrupted by saying he will be ok) Look, you seriously have to stop interrupting my last thoughts. I mean, this is important stuff you need to hear. Now- if you're here for more than a year, I've left some notes on how to roll blackouts to effectively maintain your power requirements and-and, oh, tell everyone that I was, I was inches away from a Theory of Unification but uh, uh, the notes, they were lost when I died saving the ...Zelenka: ... kids.McKay:Yeah. (Pause) Ok. I should be dead now.

McKay: (When he thinks he will die soon)I'm ... I'm ... Listen, I have a sister. We're not close --I don't even know how you'd find her.Ford: Don't talk like that.McKay: She's the only family I really have, so someone should tell her what happened. And, uh, make it sound good, OK? Tell her I ... I died saving someone ... kids! I died saving kids - a bunch of them. Zelenka ... I've got some theories on looping the power on the Gate to charge a dummy ZPM. It probably won't work, but-but you should have someone look at it cos it might lead somewhere else...

McKay: (In Ancient lab)I've not read the entire entries -- it's incredibly long, but this looks like our guy. Six hour hibernation, reoccurring visions, and best of all, so I've left it till last, brain hemorrhage, or aneurysms.Beckett: That definitely sounds familiar.

Teyla: (After Sheppard has ordered to open sealed doors against Weir's orders) You should not have undermined Doctor Weir's authority in front of Sergeant Bates.Sheppard: Sometimes Elizabeth makes a decision early on and gets locked into it. That's a problem.Teyla: She is not the only one who suffers from that affliction.

Sheppard: (After lockdown) We're nearly a mile away on the east pier. Do you really think I'm in any sort of danger walking from here to the Control Room?Weir: At this point we don't know where they contracted the virus. This is a medical situation, John. Only authorized personnel in hazmat suits are allowed to roam freely - those rules apply to everyone, including you.

McKay: Alright, let me spell this out for you, OK? If there is a bacterial agent and it is not airborne, then it should be relatively safe for us to look around as long as we take the proper precautions. However, if it is an airborne agent, then there's a very good chance we've already been infected.Ford: Well, shouldn't we wait for Doctor Beckett to decide that?

McKay: (After two of his research party drop dead) I need a containment team here.Beckett: I'm sorry?Ford: A containment team? Why?McKay: People don't just see things and drop dead, Lieutenant. We spent the last hour surveying unexplored areas of this city. I think Wagner and Johnson were exposed to something.Ford: Yeah, but ...

Weir: But Rodney is not an Ancient.Beckett: Aye, but he's been inoculated with the ATA gene.Weir: You're saying the virus is designed to only kill humans?!McKay: Well, I'm human!Beckett: Yes, yes, we're making a point, Rodney.

Ford: Isn't this the same section Johnson and Wagner were exploring?McKay: Yes.Ford: So we're retracing their steps.McKay: That's right. … Don't worry, my motivations are based entirely on self-preservation.

McKay: You'll only have 30 seconds once you release it before it explodes. You'll need to get as far away as you can.Sheppard: Get as far away from the nuclear explosion as possible. That's good advice, Rodney. Thanks.McKay: You're welcome.

(In checking Atlantis after the storm)McKay: This pier is in relatively good shape.Weir: Even after all the flooding from the storm?McKay: Well, it's dark, it's damp, and it smells terrible, but from an engineering standpoint, we're good.

Notes

The original script called for McKay to reveal that he had a brother on Earth, not a sister. David Hewlett asked the producers if the sibling could be a sister instead because he has a sister who is an actress. He didn't necessarily ask that she be cast in that role but he wanted to leave open the possibility for a future episode. The producers agreed and Kate Hewlett was indeed cast as Rodney's sister in the Season 3 episode "McKay and Mrs. Miller."

-This episode aired in Canada on November 22, 2004 on The Movie Network and Movie Central.-This episode aired in the UK on January 11, 2005 on Sky One.-This episode aired in Australia on June 9, 2005 on Channel 7.-Syndication Premiere: February 5-6, 2005.

Allusions

The "prime/not prime" exchange between McKay and Zelenka may be a reference to the film Cube, in which David Hewlett had a leading role. In the film, prime numbers became a key to survival for the six characters.

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